Horse-collar fastening



(No Model.)

P. T. BRADLEY. HORSE COLLAR FASTENING.

No. 411,373. Patented Sept. 17, 1889..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER T. BRADLEY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,373, dated September 17, 1889.

Application filed May 18, 1889. Serial No. 311,215. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER T. BRADLEY, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missourhhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of my invention'is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective fastening for the free ends of the sections of separable horsecollars, or collars which are open at theirlower ends and are hinged together at their upper ends; and with this object in view the invention consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully described hereinafter in connection with the drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the improved fastening applied in the operative position to a horse-collar. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View of the same on the line 00 a: of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a detached detail view of the fastening with the parts or sections thereof separated.

The fastening consists, essentially, of two separable socket-pieces or sections B B and C C, which are fitted. respectively, on the lower meeting ends of the sections a C62 of the collar A, said socket pieces or sections each consisting of a curved plate, in contour adapted to fit snugly in the crease between the body and neck rolls of the collar, and a socket or cap integral with the plate and fitting upon the lower ends of said rolls. Said sockets or caps are approximately elliptical or double cylindrical in form to receive the ends of the body and neck rolls and prevent wearing or fraying thereof, and they are provided on their upper or inner sides with extensions or lugs G, which bear against the inner surfaces of the collar-sections, and are perforated, as seen at c, to receive rivets or screws 0, which engage the collar to hold the socket-pieces in place. The curved .plates B C are curved or concavo-convex in cross-section to fit snugly in the creases of the collarsections, and they are provided 011 their front edges near their outer ends with flat fingers or projections F F, which are curved toward their free ends to engage the hames and hold,

them in position on the collar. It is obvious that the hames will rest in the concaved outer surfaces of the plates and be thereby held from movement. These plates are also provided at suitable points with perforations c to receive rivets or screws 0, to aid in securing the socket-pieces in position.

The contiguous fiat faces of the sockets or caps B O are provided, respectively, with depressions or cavities h h, and protuberanees or projections h h to fit in said depressions or cavities when the collar is locked, said protuberances or projections being tapered or rounded to assist in guiding them into 'the cavities, and thereby insure the proper connection of the socket-pieces.

The plate O of one of the socket-pieces is extended beyond the face of the socket or cap to form an arm, which is provided near its extremity with an aperture D and a de pending guide-loop a, which is preferably triangular in form, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The plate B of the other socket-piece is provided on its under or outer side with a drop-latch D, pivoted thereto, as at f, and having a notched free end, which, when the parts of the fastening are brought together, passes through the loop a and engages the forward edge of the aperture D, thus connecting the socket-pieces and the lower ends of the collar-sections. A depending loop bis formed upon the inner edge of the plate C, to which to connect the upper end of the martingale or breast-strap.

I am aware that collar-fastenings have been constructed heretofore with plates to rest in the crease, and therefore I do not desire to claim this broadly; but it will be seen that I provide said plates with a concave outer surface to receive the hames, and also provide said plates with thumb-like lugs which stand in a forward position from the collar and serve to hold the hames in their proper positions and prevent lateral play thereof when .thehame-straps are connected. Further, it will be observed that I provide integral sockets or caps, as described, to receive the free ends of the neck and body rolls to prevent the wearing and displacement of the same.

i The concave shape of the arm having the aperture D serves to guide the drop-latch into the said aperture, whereby the socketpieces may be quickly and securely connected.

Having thus described myinvention, WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The herein-described collar-fastening, comprising the concaved plates 0, to fit in the crease of the collar and receive the hames, and provided at their outer ends with rear- Wardly-curved lugs 0r fingers to extend over and engage the hames, the caps or sockets on I the adjacent ends of the plates provided with flat abutting faces, the arm proj eating" beyond the face of one cap or socket and provided with an aperture D and a loop a, and the drop-latch mounted on the opposite cap or socket and adapted to pass through said loop and engage the aperture D, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affi X my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PETER T. BRADLEY. WVitnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, A. A. Hrenon. 

